The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-06

WIN SCtCHC5 dLu ltlteTst WHO DtEdu
life at the lowest round of fortunes lad.
der but thanks 10 the E.ble equities
OF our political system rose without ''invidiouS
oar TO the highest level of material success and
pubic usefulness To the public spirit and be-
nevolence Of such ind ,viduals is due the endow
lnent on a scale that princes may eavy, but
have neve surpassed, of schools of science, col
legeS and universities, open for intellectual
training and the advancement of all who desire
10 share and are competent to receive such
benefits. Your congress is held, gentlemen, in
the closing year of the first century of our
national existence and what has been
here accomplished in the line of scientific ed-
hcation and equipment, owes compare
lively little to official governmental assis-
lance To no system of prescrptive
privilege but to individual energy, enterprise
and generosity, we owe what under God we now
possess of such things, and nonnterference by
the governments has proved promotion and
not a hindrance in our advancement.
Busy in every department of industrial pur-
suit engrossed with diversified occupations
and huTyng with a breathless energy
that has left its traces upon the physognomy
oil our people, yet, believe me, we are not deaf
to the calls of humanity nor lacking in appre-
citation and grateful respect for the votaries of
science.
We welcome this congress as guardians of the
sanitation of nations. In your profession we
recognize the noblest school of human useful
ness, and in the progress of the development of
the laws of cure, mitigation of suffering, pro
longation of human existence, and efforts
tlonS by which life can be made
worth living, +" we have learned to appreciate
our debts to those whose highest reward is still
small of gratitude" and consciousness of the
benefactors to the human race.
Gentlemen, confidently promise your con
VentiOn worthy audience. not alone the mem
bers of your profession here assembled nor the
limited number whom this building can contain,
but that vaSter audience to whom, upon the wings
of electrical force, your message will be daily
borne far and wide to the listening ear of more
than 90, ,O00000 of American citizens. Sure am
| that your message will be worthy, and equally
that your thoughtful deiverances will be wei
coined by the continent The closer relations
Of mankind which moder invention has in
dtIced, have been necessarily accompanied by
increased dissemination of disease, and the need
is obvious of frequent international conference,
that III the grand sweep of scientific observation
new discoveries in the healing art may he
promptly testei and applied in counteraction.
Forgive If, as one OF the great army of patients,
! humbly petition tue profession that, in your
deliberations, nature may be allowed Il hearing
when remedies are proposed: that here, Wis
medlcatriX may not i've omitted in computing
the forces of cure, and hat science may be 90"
Stricted as often as possible TO sounding
alarm for nature to hasten, as she surely
permitted, to the defense OF
point assaied My duty is very simple auu
fear have already overstepped its limit. for
there WAS, indeed little more for me to say, than
to repeat the words of the ancient dame whose
college was close by the battlefield of Waterloo,
and being somewhat deaf. and hearing the
sound of the artillery when the famous pound
ing was hardest, thought she heard some one
knocking at her door and simply said come in
This may seem an unscientihc illustration of
auscutation and percussion, but you need not
make half the noise of Wellington or Bonaparte,
aud can assure you that the American people
will hear you and heartily say to you as do for
them, Come in
SPEECHES IN REPLY.
The welcome was acknowledged and re-
CFNODAaI tn ht.ipfiv hy nr. William II a mi :
Lloyd, Inspector General of the Royal
Navy on behalf of Great Britain, DR.. Leon
Laforte, of Paris, on behalf of France,
Prof. p. G.. Unna, of Hamburg, on the part
of Germany, Senator M. Zemmala, OF
Naples, for Italy, and Sir Charles Reyner,
OF st. Petersburg, representing the Govern
menu of Russia Dr. Unna spoke in Ger
man, and Drs. Zemmala and Laforte in
French.
President Davis, having called one of the
Vice Presidents to the chair, proceeded to
deliver his opening address. The presiding
officer proposed vote of thanks to Prof.
Davis, which was enthusiastically accorded,
and then he announced the congress ad-
journed till 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
LITTLE FRICTION.
There has been but one case of friction in
the proceedings, so far as has been learned.
Some days ago A committee invited Dir.
Francisco Durante, Of Rome, to answer in
the name of Italy to the welcoming address.
Later, when Senator Seminole arrived, he
claimed it as right that he should make
the response, representing the government
of Italy. The committee felt constrained to
make a change, and notified Prof. Durante
This gentleman is much offended and has
withdrawn from the congress He claims
that he, and not Senator Seminole. is the
representative of the Italian government.
5000 IN THE CITY
Iii round numbers it is estimated that the
invading army of doctors and the families
accompanying them, now contains about
5000 individuals The work of registration
is still in progress, and exact figures are not
vet attainable Of these nine -tenths are
Americans.
The papers to be read will cover every
subject Of interest to the medical profes-
sion. The proceedings of the congress and
all of the papers read will be printed in
English, French and German. There will
be thirteen papers on general medicine,
thirty-two on general surgery, forty three
on obstetrics. fifty-seven on gynecolog zeal
subjects, forty-one on anatomy, fifteen on
physiology, nine on pathology, twenty-one
on ophthalniology, thirty-four on climat-
Ology, forty seven OH psychological medi-
cine and nervous diseases and seven on dem
tal and aural surgery